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Clayton Richard

Clayton C. Richard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: September 12, 1983 in Lafayette, IN
High School: McCutcheon HS (Lafayette, IN)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 2008
Teams (by GP): Padres/WhiteSox 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.71M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.070, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 24 CHW AL 2 5 .286 6.04 13 8 3 0 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 13 2 29 0 1 1 215 76 1.552 11.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.23
2009 25 TOT MLB 9 5 .643 4.41 38 26 3 1 0 0 153.0 154 81 75 17 71 0 114 3 3 7 663 98 1.471 9.1 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.61
2009 25 CHW AL 4 3 .571 4.65 26 14 3 1 0 0 89.0 94 50 46 10 37 0 66 3 2 5 387 101 1.472 9.5 1.0 3.7 6.7 1.78
2009 25 SDP NL 5 2 .714 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 31 29 7 34 0 48 0 1 2 276 93 1.469 8.4 1.0 4.8 6.8 1.41
2010 26 SDP NL 14 9 .609 3.75 33 33 0 1 1 0 201.2 206 89 84 16 78 6 153 4 2 4 861 98 1.408 9.2 0.7 3.5 6.8 1.96
2011 27 SDP NL 5 9 .357 3.88 18 18 0 0 0 0 99.2 104 52 43 8 38 2 53 2 1 3 427 91 1.425 9.4 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.39
2012 28 SDP NL 2 6 .250 4.76 10 10 0 0 0 0 64.1 63 40 34 9 20 3 39 1 2 0 272 75 1.290 8.8 1.3 2.8 5.5 1.95
5 Yrs 32 34 .485 4.26 112 95 6 2 1 0 566.1 588 299 268 55 220 13 388 10 9 15 2438 91 1.427 9.3 0.9 3.5 6.2 1.76
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .485 4.26 37 31 2 1 0 0 186 193 98 88 18 72 4 127 3 3 5 801 91 1.427 9.3 0.9 3.5 6.2 1.76
SDP (4 yrs) 26 26 .500 3.98 73 73 0 1 1 0 429.2 433 212 190 40 170 11 293 7 6 9 1836 92 1.403 9.1 0.8 3.6 6.1 1.72
CHW (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 91 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90
NL (4 yrs) 26 26 .500 3.98 73 73 0 1 1 0 429.2 433 212 190 40 170 11 293 7 6 9 1836 92 1.403 9.1 0.8 3.6 6.1 1.72
AL (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 91 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 24 CHW AL 47.2 13 8 37 6.99 4.87 -0.23 0.10 102.4 5.32 -10 -0.9 .1 0.0 -0.5 -3 .429 .494 $
2009 25 CHW AL 89.0 26 14 50 5.06 4.83 -0.16 0.09 102.8 5.21 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.8 13 .504 .501 $405,000
2009 25 SDP NL 64.0 12 12 31 4.36 4.61 -0.09 0.18 91.1 4.44 0 0.1 -0.0 0.5 7 .504 .500 $
2010 26 SDP NL 201.2 33 33 89 3.97 4.32 0.42 0.16 92.6 3.75 -5 -0.6 -0.1 0.8 14 .483 .497 $423,700
2011 27 SDP NL 99.2 18 18 52 4.70 4.16 0.23 0.15 93.5 3.82 -10 -1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .440 .493 $468,800
2012 28 SDP NL 64.1 10 10 40 5.60 4.36 -0.30 0.16 92.4 4.45 -9 -0.9 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .411 .495 $
5 Seasons 566.1 112 95 299 4.75 4.45 0.10 0.15 95.0 4.28 -33 -3.3 .6 -0.4 0.7 27 .471 .497 $1,297,500
SDP (4 yrs) 429.2 73 73 212 4.44 4.33 0.19 0.16 92.5 3.98 -24 -2.5 -0.3 0.4 17 .466 .496 $892,500
CHW (2 yrs) 136.2 39 22 87 5.73 4.84 -0.18 0.09 102.7 5.25 -9 -0.8 .6 -0.1 0.3 9 .479 .497 $405,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 24 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 24 CHW AL 13 215 201 37 61 16 0 5 6 0 13 29 .303 .344 .458 .802 .333 92 4 0 0 1 2 4
2009 25 CHW AL 26 387 340 50 94 17 1 10 8 5 37 66 .276 .349 .421 .770 .313 143 12 3 3 4 0 4
2009 25 SDP NL 12 276 236 31 60 7 2 7 5 5 34 48 .254 .347 .390 .737 .291 92 7 0 5 1 0 5
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 663 576 81 154 24 3 17 13 10 71 114 .267 .348 .408 .756 .304 235 19 3 8 5 0 9
2010 26 SDP NL 33 861 771 89 206 38 1 16 8 7 78 153 .267 .337 .381 .718 .315 294 26 4 6 2 6 6
2011 27 SDP NL 18 427 382 52 104 21 2 8 5 5 38 53 .272 .340 .401 .741 .298 153 13 2 4 1 2 9
2012 28 SDP NL 10 272 247 40 63 25 1 9 0 2 20 39 .255 .311 .474 .785 .269 117 6 1 2 2 3 6
5 Yrs 112 2438 2177 299 588 124 7 55 32 24 220 388 .270 .338 .409 .748 .305 891 68 10 20 11 13 34
162 Game Avg. 37 801 715 98 193 41 2 18 11 8 72 127 .270 .338 .409 .748 .305 293 22 3 7 4 4 11
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 24 CHW AL -8.3 -0.8 224 -1.0 3.3 -4.3 .93 -0.7 -0.4 -8.5 -0.8 0.93 -5.9 0 0 4
2009 25 TOT MLB -1.7 -0.2 694 0.1 10.2 -10.1 .88 -0.5 0.6 -8.0 -0.8 0.88 -8.5 2 3 6
2009 25 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 405 -0.2 5.8 -5.9 .86 -0.2 -0.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.86 -3.1 2 3 6
2009 25 SDP NL -2.0 -0.2 289 0.2 4.4 -4.2 .91 -0.3 0.6 -2.9 -0.3 0.91 -5.4 0 0 0
2010 26 SDP NL -0.5 -0.1 885 0.7 16.4 -15.7 1.07 -0.2 0.8 7.4 0.8 1.07 -1.5 0 0 0
2011 27 SDP NL -6.2 -0.6 443 -0.7 6.0 -6.7 .85 -0.4 -0.4 -10.8 -1.1 0.85 -5.7 0 0 0
2012 28 SDP NL -10.4 -1.0 278 -1.3 4.0 -5.4 .91 -0.9 -0.6 -11.1 -1.1 0.91 -9.6 0 0 0
5 Yrs -27.1 -2.7 2524 -2.3 39.9 -42.2 .95 -2.7 0.2 -31.0 -3.0 0.95 -31.1 2 3 10

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 24 CHW AL 13 8 2 5 1 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 3 38% 39.6 63 11 10 7 2 5 3.9 4.3 5.0 81 2 6 0 0 93
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 26 9 5 12 3 0 16 10 .615 3 6 1 0 10 38% 0.0 75 15 23 3 3 10 5.5 5.4 5.2 91 5 12 9 0 116
2009 25 CHW AL 26 14 4 3 7 1 0 7 7 .500 2 4 1 0 5 36% 48.5 75 19 15 3 3 4 5.6 5.7 5.2 90 3 6 5 0 116
2009 25 SDP NL 12 12 5 2 5 2 0 9 3 .750 1 2 0 0 5 42% 49.8 74 15 8 0 0 6 5.5 5.0 5.3 93 2 6 4 0 106
2010 26 SDP NL 33 33 14 9 10 3 4 17 16 .515 3 6 1 1 20 61% 51.7 75 7 17 8 0 14 4.1 4.2 6.1 97 2 15 16 0 115
2011 27 SDP NL 18 18 5 9 4 3 3 6 12 .333 0 3 0 0 7 39% 48.4 68 10 14 1 1 9 3.7 3.7 5.5 91 4 6 8 0 111
2012 28 SDP NL 10 10 2 6 2 0 2 2 8 .200 1 1 0 0 5 50% 48.4 72 16 5 1 0 4 3.4 3.0 6.4 96 0 6 4 0 108
5 Yrs 112 95 32 34 29 9 10 44 51 .463 7 17 2 1 45 47% 49 75 7 69 20 6 42 4.3 4.3 5.7 93 13 45 37 0 116
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 24 CHW AL 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 .929 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 4.8 25
2009 25 TOT MLB 38 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% .880 2 3 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 4 7 0 4.2 22
2009 25 CHW AL 26 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 6 .858 2 3 6 2 0 10 6 6 6 4 7 0 4.2 22
2 Yrs 39 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% .883 2 3 10 3 0 14 7 10 8 4 9 0 4.4 23

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 24 CHW AL 215 36% 2.3% 13.5% 6.1% 9.8% 34% 1.02 1.63 78% 18% 6.8% 13% 38 4 11%
2009 25 TOT MLB 663 22% 2.6% 17.2% 10.7% 6.6% 29% 0.99 1.23 68% 17% 8.1% 10% 128 19 15%
2009 25 CHW AL 387 26% 2.6% 17.1% 9.6% 7.2% 30% 0.94 1.19 69% 19% 7.9% 11% 79 12 15%
2009 25 SDP NL 276 17% 2.5% 17.4% 12.3% 5.8% 27% 1.07 1.28 66% 15% 8.4% 7% 49 7 14%
2010 26 SDP NL 861 26% 1.9% 17.8% 9.1% 6.4% 27% 0.85 1.18 70% 20% 5.2% 8% 162 26 16%
2011 27 SDP NL 427 23% 1.9% 12.4% 8.9% 7.3% 30% 1.04 1.39 75% 18% 5.8% 14% 77 13 17%
2012 28 SDP NL 272 21% 3.3% 14.3% 7.4% 12.9% 56% 1.04 1.70 74% 17% 9.6% 7% 37 6 16%
5 Yrs 2438 25% 2.3% 15.9% 9.0% 7.6% 32% 0.96 1.32 72% 19% 6.7% 10% 442 68 15%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 24 CHW AL 215 775 3.60 493 64% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 3% 46% 84% 61% 7% 14 8 19% 41 22 4 10% 7 4 0 0 0
2009 25 TOT MLB 665 2628 3.95 1599 61% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 0% 44% 81% 55% 6% 38 28 24% 159 83 2 26% 27 10 -2 0 0
2009 25 CHW AL 389 1518 3.90 928 61% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 0% 44% 83% 56% 5% 19 14 24% 94 40 2 27% 11 5 -2 0 0
2009 25 SDP NL 276 1110 4.02 671 60% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 0% 44% 80% 54% 7% 19 14 24% 65 43 0 25% 16 5 0 0 0
2010 26 SDP NL 861 3211 3.73 2015 63% 29% 14% 27% 31% 71% 2% 45% 81% 58% 7% 57 33 26% 228 112 6 27% 38 18 0 0 0
2011 27 SDP NL 427 1646 3.85 1055 64% 25% 11% 32% 32% 75% 1% 48% 85% 61% 6% 25 14 27% 116 69 4 17% 16 9 0 0 0
2012 28 SDP NL 273 956 3.50 600 63% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 3% 45% 84% 60% 7% 18 7 19% 53 23 2 41% 13 8 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2441 9216 3.78 5762 63% 28% 13% 28% 32% 72% 1% 45% 82% 58% 6% 152 90 24% 597 309 18 26% 101 49 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 24 CHW AL 215 61 8 1 5 0 3 5 0 3 2 12 5 2 42% 4 1 0 84 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2009 25 TOT MLB 663 154 19 3 17 1 15 13 4 8 9 29 22 4 76% 9 7 2 238 13 10 57% 7 9 6 0 0 1 9 8 17 0
2009 25 CHW AL 387 94 10 2 10 1 11 7 3 6 4 20 13 3 65% 4 5 0 143 8 5 62% 4 5 4 0 0 0 6 5 10 0
2009 25 SDP NL 276 60 9 1 7 0 4 6 1 2 5 9 9 1 100% 5 2 2 95 5 5 50% 3 4 2 0 0 1 3 3 7 0
2010 26 SDP NL 861 206 26 2 16 0 14 15 1 9 7 43 18 11 42% 6 4 2 325 8 7 53% 5 6 3 1 0 0 5 4 11 0
2011 27 SDP NL 427 104 12 1 8 1 8 8 0 2 6 18 13 3 72% 9 3 1 148 5 5 50% 3 4 2 1 0 0 5 3 10 0
2012 28 SDP NL 272 63 7 1 9 0 1 9 0 1 8 14 8 0 57% 6 0 0 88 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
5 Yrs 2438 588 72 8 55 2 41 50 5 23 32 116 66 20 57% 34 15 5 883 32 24 57% 19 21 13 2 0 1 21 16 47 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 24 2 5 .286 6.04 13 8 3 0 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 13 2 29 0 1 1 215 76 1.552 11.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.23 76
2009 25 11 10 .524 4.80 51 34 6 1 0 0 200.2 215 118 107 22 84 2 143 3 4 8 878 92 1.490 9.6 1.0 3.8 6.4 1.70 92
2010 26 25 19 .568 4.27 84 67 6 2 1 0 402.1 421 207 191 38 162 8 296 7 6 12 1739 94 1.449 9.4 0.9 3.6 6.6 1.83 94
2011 27 30 28 .517 4.20 102 85 6 2 1 0 502.0 525 259 234 46 200 10 349 9 7 15 2166 94 1.444 9.4 0.8 3.6 6.3 1.75 94
2012 28 32 34 .485 4.26 112 95 6 2 1 0 566.1 588 299 268 55 220 13 388 10 9 15 2438 91 1.427 9.3 0.9 3.5 6.2 1.76 91

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 24 2 3 .400 5.63 48.0 59 33 30 5 13 29 0 1.500 11.1 2.4 5.4 2.23 0.9 13
2009 25 7 9 .438 4.66 145.0 154 83 75 17 71 108 3 1.552 9.6 4.4 6.7 1.52 1.1 38
2010 26 9 11 .450 4.57 185.0 218 104 94 17 83 141 4 1.627 10.6 4.0 6.9 1.70 0.8 33
2011 27 4 6 .400 4.95 91.0 112 56 50 9 41 48 2 1.681 11.1 4.1 4.7 1.17 0.9 18
2012 28 2 4 .333 5.85 60.0 68 43 39 10 22 37 1 1.500 10.2 3.3 5.6 1.68 1.5 10
5 Yrs 24 33 .421 4.90 529.0 611 319 288 58 230 363 10 1.590 10.4 6.2 1.58 1.0 112

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2010 NL  33 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  78 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2012 NL  6 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  34 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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